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- Dictionarysully/ˈsʌli/
verb
- 1. damage the purity or integrity of: literary "they were outraged that anyone should sully their good name"
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The meaning of SULLY is to make soiled or tarnished : defile. How to use sully in a sentence.
SULLY definition: 1. to spoil something that is pure or someone's perfect reputation: 2. to make something dirty…. Learn more.
SULLY meaning: 1. to spoil something that is pure or someone's perfect reputation: 2. to make something dirty…. Learn more.
To sully is to attack someone's good name and to try to ruin his reputation. If you spread false rumors that there's chicken stock in the vegetarian entree at Joe's Diner, you would sully Joe's good reputation. Sully can also mean to tarnish or make spotty.
1. verb. If something is sullied by something else, it is damaged so that it is no longer pure or of such high value. [formal] The City's reputation has been sullied by these scandals. [be VERB -ed] She claimed they were sullying her good name. [VERB noun] 2. verb. If someone sullies something, they make it dirty. [formal]
verb. 1. dishonour, ruin, disgrace, besmirch, smirch Reputations are easily sullied and business lost. 2. defile, dirty, stain, spot, spoil, contaminate, pollute, taint, tarnish, blemish, befoul I felt loath to sully the gleaming brass knocker by handling it.
Definition of sully verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
